Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia Eternal Himalaya
New Delhi: Interprint, 1982. 216pp, illus., maps, 31cm.
The author's experiences in the Himalaya and a short history of exploration in the area. The book includes a reprint (pages 69 - 208) of ' Views in the Himalaya ' by George Francis White
Louis Baume Sivalaya
Reading: Gastons-West Col, 1978. 316pp, illus., maps, bibliography, 22cm.
Exploration of the fourteen 8000m peaks of the Himalayas.
Arlene Blum Annapurna a Woman's Place
London: Granada, 1980. xiv, 256pp, illus. with black and white photographs (plus 8 colour plates), 26cm.
The story of the 1978 American Women's Himalayan Expedition which succeeded in climbing Annapurna but at great cost.
Peter Boardman Sacred Summits
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. 264pp, 24 colour plates, 7 maps and drawings, 24cm.
Peter Boardman's account of three expeditions between December 1978 and November 1979, one in New Guinea and two in the Himalaya.
Peter Boardman (and Joe Tasker) The Shining Mountain
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. 192pp , 12 colour photographs, 15 black and white, 24cm.
A wonderful account of the ascent of Changabang's West Wall.
Chris Bonington and Others Changabang
London: Heinemann, 1975. (x), 118pp, 4 colour plates, illus.,map, 26cm.
Assembled and edited by Alan Hankinson, the book describes in the climbers' own words, the first ascent in 1974 by the south-east ridge by a combined team from Britain and India.
Chris Bonington Kongur - China's Elusive Summit
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. 224pp, 58 colour plates, illus., 25cm.
The story of the successful 1981 expedition with Peter Boardman, Al Rouse and Joe Tasker.
Hon. Charles Bruce ( 1866 - 1939 ) Himalayan Wanderer
London: Maclehose, 1934. (viii), 309pp, 16 plates, 23cm.
Reminiscences by the leader of the 1922 and 1924 Everest expeditions.
Norman Collie ( 1859 - 1942 ) Climbing on the Himalaya and other mountain ranges
Edinburgh: Douglas, 1902. xii, 315pp, 18 plates, illus., 3 folding maps, 23cm.
The book includes an account of Mummery's disappearance on Nanga Parbat in 1895.
Crane, Richard and Adrian Running the Himalayas Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library,1984. 129pp, 32 plates, illus., endpaper maps, 25cm.
A traverse of the whole Himalayan range in 101 days for the charity Intermediate Technology.
Graeme Dingle Wall of Shadows
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. 176pp, 24 plates (mostly in colour), illus., 24cm.
The New Zealand Jannu adventure - an attempt on the north face.
G.O. Dyhrenfurth To the Third Pole
London: Laurie, 1955. xxx, 233pp, 48 plates, illus., 25.5cm.
Authoritative history of attempts on the 8000-metre peaks up to 1954. Translated by Hugh Merrick.
Max Eiselin The Ascent of Dhaulagiri
London: O.U.P., 1961. xii, 159pp, 29 plates (some coloured), illus., 23cm.
The last Nepal 8000m peak to be climbed. From the original: Erfolg am Dhaulagiri (Zurich: Orell Fussli, 1960).
R.C.Evans ( 1918 ) Kanchenjunga: The Untrodden Peak
London: Hodder, 1956. xx, 187pp, 37 plates (some coloured), illus., 23cm.
An account, by the leader of the expedition, of the first ascent.
Jean Franco Makalu
London: Cape, 1957. 256pp, 21 plates, illus., maps, 21cm.
An account of the French expedition of 1955 during which the entire team attained the summit.
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Jill Neate High Asia
London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. x, 213pp, illus. throughout with colour and black and white photographs, maps, 27.5cm.
An illustrated history giving useful information on each of the over 400 known peaks between 7000 and 8000 metres.
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Shiro Shirahata Nepal Himalaya
San Francisco: Heian, 1983. 232pp, 115 large format photographs (many double-page), 1 fold-out map, in pictorial slip-case, 37cm.
Yoshikazu Shirakawa Himalayas
New York: Abrams, 1986. 257pp, illus. throughout with black and white and colour photographs (some double-page, some fold-out), maps, 43cm.
Text and magnificent, very large format photographs by Shirakawa; introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary. First published in Japan in 1972.
John Tucker Kanchenjunga
London: Elek; Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1955. 224pp, black and white plates, sketch maps, 23cm.
An account of the 1954 reconnaissance expedition which paved the way for the successful ascent the following year.
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Fanny Bullock Workman (1859 - 1925) and William Hunter Workman (1847 - 1937) In the Ice-World of Himalaya
London: Fisher Unwin, 1900. xvi, 204pp, 67 plates, illus., 3 maps, 23cm.
An account of their first Himalayan expedition in 1898-99.
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